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hath enobled me). The "seventh"—that inducing a continuing completeness, in which evolution of form ceases and freedom of action takes its place, that the moral evolution of the self may proceedis designated E-sh'bigh-i, (that has submitted me to a ext-caused me to over-flow-fully satisfied me): in which the purpose and possible ends of the life of man are expressed.
This kosmological view of the signification of the enumerating words can be speculatively carried a step further, when the eighth" phase of evolution—that of selection, now in progress-appears as Sh-m'ne, (which chooses). The "ninth"-that of deliverance, to follow, Tsh'gh, (though freest). The ''tenth" and final statethat of union and happiness Gh'sh're, (blissful union). It is possible therefore that the comparatively modern Kabbalistic doctrine of the ten Sephiroths is the offspring of a dim tradition of the significative character of the enumerating words of the Mystery Language.
in order fully to realize the way in which the Mys. tery Language underlies the ordinary or Masoretic System or reading the text of the earlier chapters of the book of Ganesis, it is necessary to have a familiar knowledge of the structures of the Hebrew, a thorough mastery of the inflections of the roots, and a ready comprehension of the processes by which derivatives are formed therefrom. To those possessing this knowledge and minds free from prejudice- this is indispensable-the
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